Steel-car construction.



' 110.726.169. PATENT-E11 111121.1903.

- W. 1'. KIBSBL, JE.

STEEL CAR CONSTRUG'IION.A APPLIQATION FILED ma. 27, 1902. 11o IoDBL; a SHEETS-s112111' 1.

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No. 726,169. v- PATBNTBD APR, 21 19o3.

W. P. KIBSBL, JB. STEEL OAR CONSTRUCTION.

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UNITED i* STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

WlLLlAM F. KIESEL, JR., OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEEL-GAR CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFLICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. '7 26,169, dated April 21, 190,3. v Application filed December 2'7, 1902. Serial No. 136,857. (No model.) A l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. KIESEL, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvaniahave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel-Oar Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of steel cars intended for the transportation of coal, coke, ores, and like materials. Heretofore cars of this type have usually been built with drop-doors in the bottom, in which form of construction the door to a great extent counteracts the side strain of the coal, &c., upon the sides of the car.

My invention relates more particularly to cars which are dumped from chutes at the bottom leading to the sides ofthe car,in which form, the door being cut awayfrom'the sides,

there is an absence of this Ystrengthening effeet; and the object of my improvements is to provide means for stifening the sides of the car to supply this deficiency and to prevent bulging when under the severestload strains, andin so doing to so construct the parts that the cars will clear `themselves both when dumping through the side doors and also when they are inverted in the upsetting machines now in use at shipping-ports.

I attain my object by means of the con,V struction and arrangement of the severalY same, partly in section; Fig. 3, a verticaly transverse section through the body of the car; Fig. 4, a detail showing a section on thel linex w in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, right and left sections on lines y y and z zin Fig. 2; and Figs.

bars in the car illustrated are four by six by ve-eighths inches in cross-section, and are placed with the legs of the angle inclined Figs. 6 and 7.) Y 'are two of these tie-beams D, spaced at suitable distances from the center and ends of downwardly at an angle of about'forty-tive degrees. -The side sills so formed run along the sides of the -cars from .points at each end over the body-holsters L, by which the underframe of the car-body is supported on the trucks; and the function of these angle side sills is to sti Eten the bottom of the side plates so as to resist the lateral pressure ot the load thereon and also to constitute the lower or tension members of the sides, considered as plate-girders, to resist vertical loads. The side plates are united and reinforced at proper intervals by the vertical stiening bars or stakes C, which are preferably pressed into a truss-like formation to give additional strength.

Running across the car from side to side 'are the transverse'tie-bearns D, made up of two plates or bars d d, pressed into V-shaped cross-section and riveted face to face. (See In the car illustrated there the car. Gusset-plates Ehave their lower en ds riveted in between the plates of these 'trussed tie-beams D and their vertical edges attached to the side plates A by angles, asindicated, to strengthen and stiften the sides at these points. Transverse plates M pass across the car from side to side with their upper edges riveted in between the plates of-the tiebeams D, as indicated more clearly in Figs.

4; and 5, their lower inward edges being fasi toward each side to the delivery-chutes. By

this construction it will be seen that at the two points indicated the lateralstresses due to the load against the sides of the car are counteracted by the tie-beamsD, and the side sills B are strongly braced and stiffened at lpoints spaced a sufficient distance apart to' prevent their bulging outward when the car is loaded to its fullest capacity. lThe center sills H are also strengthened and supported by the transverse trusses formed by the tie-v ICO beams D, the cross plates or webs M, and the angles N, which latter pass across between the chutes forming the tension members of these trusses upon which the center sills rest. These transverse trusses transmit the vertical stresses upon the center sills to the side plategirders already described, which girders are supported at their ends upon the body-bolsters L, to which they are fastened, as shown in Fig. 2. At intermediate points between these combined tie beams and truss plates and between them and the ends of the cars are similar tiebeams F, formed of V- shaped plates riveted together and passing across the car near the upper portion thereof.

At the center of the car narrow transverse plates M rise from the angles N and are connected to the side sills B through brackets O and angles P, (see Fig. 5,) thereby forming a central tie between the side sills to relieve the outward bending strains on the angles B at this point and to prevent them from bulging between the tie-beams D.

Between the transverse plates M and M are located the inclined chutes I, which have their outlets at the sides of the car, these outlets being closed by the doors J, which are hinged at K in brackets dependingr from the angles B and protected thereby. The plates M and M' form supports or hangers for the chutes I, the sides of which are riveted to these plates at the upper row of holes (see Figs. 3 and 5) and are sprung to the front and rear at an angle to allow for the passage between the chutes of the angles N, (see Fig. 4,) the inclination of the sides of the chutes at this point preventing the lodgment of the contents ot' the car thereon when dumping.

By an inspection of the several views it will be seen that by reason of the inclination of the angled side sills B, the doubly-inclined sides of the tie-beams D and F, and the inclined sides of the chutes there are noledges formed to catch and retain the contents of the car whether said contents be dumped from the bottom through the chutes or out of the top of the car when inverted in an upsettingmachine, and, furthermore, that without unnecessary weight and bulk of materials used in construction the sides of the car are strongly braced and stiffened and the entire car-bod y thoroughly trussed throughout, so as to resist all strains to which the car is subject when lled to utmost capacity.

The mechanism for operating the doors J is described in a separate application filed of even date herewith, and is thererefore not described in connection with the subject-matter of this invention.

Having thus described my improvements and pointed out the features of novelty connected therewith, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. In a steel car-body, the combination with the side plates, of angle plates or bars running along and riveted to the bottom of said plates, the legs of the angle being inclined downwardly, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A steel car-body having its sides in the form of plate-girders resting at or near the ends upon the body-holsters, the lower ortension member of the girders consisting of an angle plate or bar placed with the legs ot` the angle inclined downwardly.

3. In a steel car-body, the combination with the side plates, of angle plates or bars running along the bottom of said plates, with the legs of the angle inclined downwardly, and transverse tie-beams between the sides made up of plates having doubly-inclined sides.

4. In a steel car-body, the combination with the side plates, of, a doubly-inclined central bottom plate, vertical transverse plates having their lower edges attached to the bottom plate and to transverse bars running across beneath the bottom plate, and their outer ends secured to the side plates, and side delivery-chutes hung between the transverse plates.

5. In a steel car-body, the combination with the side plates, of a doubly-inclined central bottom plate, transverse tie-beams between the side plates above said bottom plate, vertical transverse plates having their lower edges riveted to the bottom plate and to transverse bars running across beneath the bottom plate, and their upper edges riveted to the tie-beams, vertical gusset-plates projecting inwardly from the side plates with their lower ends attached to the tie-beams, and side delivery-chutes supported by the transverse plates.

6. A steel car comprising body-bolsters near the ends, center sills running between the body-bolsters, a central doubly-inclined bottom plate resting upon the center sills, plate-girders forming the sides of the car supported at or near each end upon the body-bolsters, vertical transverse plates and tiebeams uniting the sides and bottom plate, transverse bars running across beneath the center sills and riveted to the bottom of the transverse plates, and side delivery-chutes hung between and supported by said plates.4

7. In a steel car-body, the combination with the plate-girder sides and center sills, of a transverse truss to support the center sills consisting of a tie-beam having its ends attached to the side girders, a cross-bar upon which the center sills rest, and a plate or web uniting the tie-beam and cross-bar.

8. In a steel car-body, the combination with the plate-girder sides and center sills, of a tie-beam between the side girders made up of two plates having a V-shaped cross-section, a pair of angle-bars running across beneath the center sills, and a vertical plate or web having its upper and lower edges riveted between the members of the tie-beam and the angle-bars.

9. In a steel car-body, the combination with the plate-girder sides and the doubly-inclined IOO IOS

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central bottomrplate resting upon center sills, of a plurality of transverse tie-bars running across beneath the center sills, vertical plates uniting said bars to the side girders, and a plurality of outwardly-inclined chutes hung between said vertical plates, the sides of said chutes being sprung to the front and rear to allow for the passage between them of said tie-bars. Y

l0. PIn a steel car-body, the combination with the side plates, of angle plates or bars running along their bottom edges, the legs ofl the angle being downwardly inclined, side delivery-chutes opening below said side plates, and closures for said chutes hung by hinges from brackets located in the angle of said angie-bars.

11. In a steel car-body, the.y combination with the side plates, of transverse trussed tiebeams composed of two plates or bars of ap-` prox mately V-sh aped cross-section with their bases flanged outward and riveted. together tical plane, said plates beinggradually flattened at the ends and providedk with outturned flanges for attachment to the side plates. Y l

In testimony whereof I have afxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. KIESEL,- JR.

Witnesses:

R. M. SNYDER, e Y E. M. JONES.

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